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...Australia trailed in the first set 11-8 then won four straight points to go up one-nil. The final point was a let serve that fell over for an ace; there was a lot of magic happening in Sydney. The Aussies won the second set, too, for the upset, and there were tears all around and a lot of hugging and kissing and rolling in the sand...
nothing if not that the Red Sox were never meant to prevail on baseball's grandest stage. Even our most admired hero and thought-to-be savior, ace Pedro Martinez, admitted as much when, following the Sox' devastating 2-1 loss to the Indians last Wednesday, he acknowledged, "We were not meant to win that game...
According to a report by the American Council on Education (ACE), 38 percent of presidents at American research universities in 1998 had served as president of another university immediately prior to assuming their present positions...
...There is such a thing as a professional president. There's no doubt about that," said Madeleine F. Green '67, ACE vice president. "To be a rank amateur and run a billion-dollar enterprise is tough going...
After the teams swapped sideouts, an ace by Jellin boosted the Crimson's lead to 13-11, and freshman middle blocker Amy Asare tipped the ball over the net to force game point. A Denniston serve was too much for the Crusaders' Kerri Blumenauer to handle...